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12-26-2013, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ragamuffin
If you would look at the secondary picture, it looks round, like a "fox & goose track" as in the children's game in the snow. I do not know how old that is either. Good luck in finding the real name but I would say to go to Barbara Brackman's site and find or rule out a civil war pattern. I would search & search too if it were mine.
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12-26-2013, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
What a wonderful piece of history no matter the meaning or connotation of the neutral fabric (If there is even one). Thank you for sharing it. I hope you can find out more information on it.
12-26-2013, 09:35 AM
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The brocade fabric with swastikas would have been very popular among the elite in theWorld War I era. This is just a guess, but the fabric may have been used in a quilt to show disdain for the print and the fabricators of it. At the time that this fabric would have been used in a simple (but beautiful) quilt, was probably right after Germany fell. Up to that time the fabric was probably in a formal gown for special occasions.
I just saw your comment about left and right facing swastikas and that makes me doubt my first response. Having swastikas both directions makes it an older piece of goods, since that design would be pre WWI because after WWI no one used swastikas to decorate anything due to the image used by Nazi Germany.
I just saw your comment about left and right facing swastikas and that makes me doubt my first response. Having swastikas both directions makes it an older piece of goods, since that design would be pre WWI because after WWI no one used swastikas to decorate anything due to the image used by Nazi Germany.
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12-26-2013, 11:08 AM
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I believe your quilt to be pre-WW11. The swastika had the arms turned one direction and the Iron Cross had the arms turned the other way. No, I do not know which way for which one.
The "Grandmother's Fan" quilting pattern was used forever with hand quilting. Just a pencil or piece of chalk with a string tied to it, then knotted at intervals to make the fan spaces. Hold a knot tight against the quilt top, draw a 1/4 circle, then move to the next knot, etc. til you have the fan, quilt, do some more. My Mother used this a lot for "everyday" quilts.
The "Grandmother's Fan" quilting pattern was used forever with hand quilting. Just a pencil or piece of chalk with a string tied to it, then knotted at intervals to make the fan spaces. Hold a knot tight against the quilt top, draw a 1/4 circle, then move to the next knot, etc. til you have the fan, quilt, do some more. My Mother used this a lot for "everyday" quilts.
12-26-2013, 07:29 PM
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I am so glad to hear that the swastika had other meanings. My mother gave me an old necklace with a swastika on it... I have always hid it as I didn't want anyone to know I had it...... Now I can think better thoughts of it.
Originally Posted by Kooklabell
Prior to Hitler's reign, the swastika was a symbol of wealth and goodness. Some cultures continue to use the symbol during times of festivals on their doors to invite goodness to their homes.
It is a beautiful quilt. Needs a good cleaning by appropriate methods. Sure would be wonderful to trace your family history and perhaps discover the makers life history. Treasure your beautiful gift.
It is a beautiful quilt. Needs a good cleaning by appropriate methods. Sure would be wonderful to trace your family history and perhaps discover the makers life history. Treasure your beautiful gift.
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